Does Big Feet In A Young Guinea Pig Mean They're Going To Be Big?

[Carrotyd]

We rescued a wee chap called Seabass at the start of January who was four months old and the first thing I noticed was how big his feet were. In that they're slightly out of proportion with the rest of him, because looked so tiny. Since we got him, he has shot up in weight from 711g to 914g now and he's seriously not being overfed, but he is a very hungry boy at all times.

To the point, when his cage mate was poorly recently, and were syringe feeding him, Seabass would start singing at the side of the cage until we let him lick some Critical Care off my finger. Once we put Pugwall - his friend - back in, he would go a lick off any over spill from his cheeks.

As he's filled out, his feet look a lot more in proportion with the rest of him, but do you think feet are a good way of determining how big a pig is going to get?

 

[pig in the city]

We rescued a wee chap called Seabass at the start of January who was four months old and the first thing I noticed was how big his feet were. In that they're slightly out of proportion with the rest of him, because looked so tiny. Since we got him, he has shot up in weight from 711g to 914g now and he's seriously not being overfed, but he is a very hungry boy at all times.

To the point, when his cage mate was poorly recently, and were syringe feeding him, Seabass would start singing at the side of the cage until we let him lick some Critical Care off my finger. Once we put Pugwall - his friend - back in, he would go a lick off any over spill from his cheeks.

As he's filled out, his feet look a lot more in proportion with the rest of him, but do you think feet are a good way of determining how big a pig is going to get?

I think their feet and ears look relatively big when they are small, l don't think you can predict really, so many factors are involved such as genetics, health of the mother when she was pregnant and breast feeding, and diet. Glad he is doing well

 

[Freela]

I kind of think that, like puppies, they end up growing into their feet. So I think that larger feet on a baby probably indicate a larger bone structure, and thus a larger adult when they finish growing. But I think that all baby animals tend to look slightly malproportioned anyhow. Here's a picture of baby Leela with her giant head and feet- no clue how big she'll be when she finishes growing, but I think she demonstrates that 'haven't grown into my head and feet yet' look that makes baby animals so comically endearing!

 

[PoptartShop]

I wondered that too. Mine have big feet & they are still growing, so I'm hoping they get even bigger.

 

[TAN]

Bumbalina has big back feet and she is 8 months old and 1175gms

 

[Swissgreys]

Oreo has huge ears, and despite being the youngest she is much heavier than our other 3 pigs.

 

[Fweeper]

Praline had huge feet when he arrived too and I did wonder about this at the time, myself! He's somewhere in the region of 7-8 months now and is around 1150g, substantially chunkier than his brother who is a mere 980g! Definitely not overfed here either, they spend 10+ hours a day in a huge run and a lot of that is zoomies and popcorning about so I know they get exercise too, I think some pigs are just built heftier than others! Mine happen to be a couple of bruisers, clearly!

 

[PigFoodStall]

Usually they are born with humongous feet anyway, they need time to grow into them. One of mine had big feet as a baby and he's quite small now.